Liverpool vs. Chelsea: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League fixture

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Liverpool person the accidental to wrapper up Champions League qualification portion each but sidesplitting disconnected Chelsea's top-level European chances successful Saturday's aboriginal Premier League kickoff astatine Anfield.

The Reds could person rubber-stamped a top-five decorativeness astatine the location of bitter rivals Manchester United past weekend, but a 3-2 triumph for the Red Devils saw Michael Carrick's men guarantee themselves of a UCL spot astatine the disbursal of Arne Slot's side.

However, arsenic Liverpool are six points wide of sixth-placed Bournemouth successful the Premier League table with 3 games remaining, the reigning champions volition corroborate Champions League qualification if they bushed Chelsea and the Cherries driblet points astatine Fulham.

Meanwhile, the visitors' atrocious six-game losing tally has officially extinguished their chances of finishing successful the apical five, but the Blues are lone 4 points disconnected sixth place, which would contiguous a way to the Champions League if Aston Villa assertion a top-five spot and triumph the Europa League.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt Liverpool and Chelsea up of Saturday's game.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 200

Chelsea wins: 67

Draws: 46

Liverpool wins: 87

There was a clip for fans of some clubs erstwhile meetings betwixt Liverpool and Chelsea were arguably the astir bitter and hotly-anticipated fixtures of the calendar, supra adjacent those against their much accepted rivals.

Beginning successful the Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho eras, the 2 sides faced disconnected nary less than 22 times successful each competitions from February 2005 and April 2009, including immoderate unforgettable Champions League showdowns.

Between August 2021 and October 2024, Liverpool went connected a ten-game unbeaten tally against Chelsea successful each competitions, a spell which included 7 Premier League matches and 3 cupful last victories astatine Wembley - beating the Blues to assistance the FA Cup erstwhile and EFL Cup doubly during that run.

However, 7 of those games person ended each quadrate aft 90 minutes, including a drab tally of 4 goalless draws successful a enactment from 2022 to 2023.

The 2nd lucifer of 2024 betwixt these 2 sides was the EFL Cup final successful February, erstwhile Virgil van Dijk's 118th-minute header saw Liverpool triumph the trophy, starring to proclamations that Klopp's kids had beaten Boehly's "billion-pound bluish bottlejobs".

The archetypal gathering of the Arne Slot epoch took spot successful October 2024, with Liverpool moving retired 2-1 winners courtesy of goals from Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones, with the efforts coming either broadside of a leveller from Nicolas Jackson.

Chelsea yet ended the rut with a 3-1 triumph implicit the newly-crowned Premier League champions successful May 2025, but the Blues person lone beaten the Reds 4 times successful their past 21 matches successful each competitions.

The astir caller brushwood betwixt the sides came successful aboriginal October 2025, when the Londoners won 2-1 astatine Stamford Bridge acknowledgment to goals from Moises Caicedo and Estevao Willian.

Boss Enzo Maresca became the archetypal Blues manager to triumph consecutive games against Liverpool since Jose Mourinho accomplished the aforesaid feat successful 2014.

In total, these 2 powerhouses of English shot person locked horns connected 200 occasions passim history, and it is Liverpool that pb the head-to-head grounds with 87 wins to Chelsea's 67, portion determination person besides been 46 draws.

The 2 starring goalscorers successful this fixture some represented the Merseyside team, with Ian Rush managing to people 10 times against Chelsea, portion Roger Hunt boasted 9 goals.

Chelsea's highest goalscorer successful matches against Liverpool is Didier Drogba, who struck 9 times portion turning retired for the Blues against the Reds.

Last 20 meetings

Oct 04, 2025: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

May 04, 2025: Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Oct 20, 2024: Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Feb 25, 2024: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (EFL Cup Final)

Jan 31, 2024: Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Aug 13, 2023: Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Apr 04, 2023: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Premier League)

Jan 21, 2023: Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

May 14, 2022: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (FA Cup Final)

Feb 27, 2022: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (EFL Cup Final)

Jan 02, 2022: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Aug 28, 2021: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Mar 04, 2021: Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Sep 20, 2020: Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Jul 22, 2020: Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea (Premier League)

Mar 03, 2020: Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool (FA Cup Fifth Round)

Sep 22, 2019: Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Aug 14, 2019: Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea (UEFA Super Cup)

Apr 14, 2019: Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

Sep 29, 2018: Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings